Yesterday we took our dog Shadow to the vet. He has been limping on his back right leg since Monday. The vet said it was his hips. He has bad hip problems and he said it's like his bones are grinding together. So I had to leave him at the vets to get an x-ray of his hips. They had to put him under anesthesia so they could get him to hold still for it. It was so hard to just leave him there! I felt so bad! When I picked him up he wasn't his usual self and that made me really upset. I cried off and on the rest of the night. He was whimpering because he was in pain. The vet gave me some medicine to give to Shadow every day to help with the pain. Shadow is about 135 lbs. and they said he needed to lose about 40 lbs to get to a weight they like to see on him. So he has a prescription dog food to help him lose weight. Once he's down to the weight they'd like to see him at they'll switch him to another prescription dog food that helps with joints and bones in
his body. They said he'll be on prescription dog food for the rest of his life unless we get surgery on his hips to scrape some of the bone off so he's not in pain. I don't think I could handle dropping him off for surgery. It broke my heart having him home after the anesthesia! Maybe one day we'll get him that surgery, but right now it's going to have to wait. Poor Shadow!!!!
Yesterday we took our dog Shadow to the vet. He has been limping on his back right leg since Monday. The vet said it was his hips. He has bad hip problems and he said it's like his bones are grinding together. So I had to leave him at the vets to get an x-ray of his hips. They had to put him under anesthesia so they could get him to hold still for it. It was so hard to just leave him there! I felt so bad! When I picked him up he wasn't his usual self and that made me really upset. I cried off and on the rest of the night. He was whimpering because he was in pain. The vet gave me some medicine to give to Shadow every day to help with the pain. Shadow is about 135 lbs. and they said he needed to lose about 40 lbs to get to a weight they like to see on him. So he has a prescription dog food to help him lose weight. Once he's down to the weight they'd like to see him at they'll switch him to another prescription dog food that helps with joints and bones in
his body. They said he'll be on prescription dog food for the rest of his life unless we get surgery on his hips to scrape some of the bone off so he's not in pain. I don't think I could handle dropping him off for surgery. It broke my heart having him home after the anesthesia! Maybe one day we'll get him that surgery, but right now it's going to have to wait. Poor Shadow!!!!
3 comments:
I hope Shadow gets better! Dogs are the cutest and it is always hard to see them hurting. Maybe taking him for walks would help too? Hope you two are doing well!
Ah poor Shadow. Hip displaysia can be a nasty thing. Keep him off the stairs if you can; walking won't help it will just put in more pain. Let me know how he's doing!
poor thing! he is the cutest thing ever. I love your blog Julie. It is SO cute! Ü I'm so excited for Friday!
P.S. the chicken with the stuffing sounds AMAZING!! Maybe we should do that!
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